Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-22
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Under TIE bead of sinsrodussion Of
resolutions" Mr.. Bacon oHsrsd The fol-
lowing before the City Csu9cii yesier-
day:
WHEzzls, TIE City counsiI Of tie
Diiy q Tsogma, did on the second s l.
urdsy Of Nay. 1851, tue dsy appsinsed
b. the city charter for tbs slecsion Of
Its cheers. fail 10 elect Chief Of Pc
lice,
Rs.olssd. That il Is the sense Of hi.
Oooaeil thst the present sesinQ CHEF
Of Police is legally entitled 10 hold tie
one until the ssco1d Saturday Of May
nsxt, s1siscs, however, 70 al the other
provisions Of tue charter.
FMS resolution takes nothing from
and ADDS nothing to the Chief Of Pc
lics's position" said Mr.. B con after II
bad been read. Ave having failed 10
elect . Chief at the time required By
tue charter IN which ne should do 80,
next year. Toe intention Of this tess-
/ tNNA-a - AAAAKAN ~ EAN1 EAI0lG1aH ~ i
the public AID tbs polies ofhsers 10 this |
matter"
Mr.. Kelly said that II that vas the
case the resolution WAs unnecessary, as
the present. Chief holds the Office and
may bold IL until bis Successor Is elsefed
and qaaii6sd There vas no douos |
about ina, be "a d. bat he disputed the |
other position taken By Mr.. Bacon. |
There 10 nothing IN the charter that |
can teqaire q man 10 turn upaide down |
and vote for q man be don't like. There |
10 no donbs that the Council esn elect |
whenever they come together for the |
purpose.
TEE PRESENT cHEY
Was not elected last year until August. |
The election was deferred from time 10 |
time until tue member who has intro |
duced the resolution came back from |
some foreign country. and bis vote de- |
eided the elestion. Nobody thst have |
heard has Questioned the legality Of |
that election.
Mr.. Bacon said that bis present course /
vas consistent With bis action of last /
year. He said that upon bis retarn be /
learned Of the situation; that Mr.. Weis
bach bad been requested by the Council /
to act as Ohief pending an election, AID
be (Bacon) had said that that request |
virtually made Mr.. Weisbach Chief. /
Some tins after Mr.. WeIsoach resigned,
aud then there was q regular election. |
Mr.. Bacon read from the charter the /
ssetisn quiFIpR the assembling Of the 1
Council and that, also, specifying the /
work to be done az that nesting. "It
requires the election of this sffiser." be /
said, land provides for his holding this
Office IL another 10 not chosen on shat
day"
Mr.. Kelly answered. saying that there
vas not q single appointed of1ser che
sen on the day specified last year. They |
we're ell chosen afterward, bat be had |
not heard that any ons disputed the
legality Of that election. Il was folly, |
had TO be held on that day.
Mr.. Lill's nov followed warmly upon |
Mr.. KEYS side of the question. de |
said that aeeor ing to
ME-. BLcoN's THEORY
There was no Caief of Police today, as
Mr.. Mckay had not been elected upon |
the proper day. This very matter had |
gone into Court, and there Il had been |
held that the City Marshal he'd had |
contrOl Of the police during Weisbach's
time. Il was very funny, be thought, If
the charter eonpsls a body OF men to |
GONE together at a certain time and |
then that they shall. whether they can |
or not, do certain work at that time.
Mr.. Collins made some remarks to |
the sane eject and thea the roll was
oKlle1, and Bacon. H0rifall. Miller and
Zinram voted Tor the resolution, and |
ii luRhton, Kelly, Lillis and Collins
against it, making the even div sion of
last Saturday.
The G Iuncil then followed the regular
course of the schedals until II came to |
unfinished business, and under that
lead took up the election OF Chief. Vote |
after vote vas taken With the even dtvi- |
sion Of four for Fnller and four for |
Mckay untiI the fifth, when Horsfali |
ohauged to John Forbes, for whom he
voted until the eighth ballot, when be
lined the opposing foress and
JAIN N. FULLER Was pEcLARKD ELECTED. |
Chief Of Police Mckay will retire
from office with the record certainly OF |
having proven one of the most-it not,
indeed, the N )st, efficient oheer that |
has ever held tbs position. De has |
made Tacoma al unpleasant and unsafe |
plaos for criminals to CONS 70, and ITS |
reputation for such has gone abroad.
Tue ordinance fixing tbs salary OF the |
Oitv Clerk and the CITY Treasurer at
$l25 per month aud the Street Commis |
siOner at 800 per moRtn was referred
to a COMMITTEES, after Mr.. Kelly bad |
moved that the figures opposite the City |
Oiers ship be reduced 10 500 and tie
Street Commissioner to $50, which mo
ton had not been seconded.
Tue ordinance fixing the city tax 81
seven mills vas passed. it reduces the
tax one mill frem that Of last year.
Following are among toe arrivals; I:
Z Rlwe, DR.. w. \. Mendenhall and
- ,fe, George II. HolErook and Mrs, 3.
II ,itsha and child OF Portland, J. w.
Romans and wife Of Nsw York. DR.. W.
J. GAlbraith Of Onaha, John Fowler OF
Cexas. wm. ii. Brewster, Of Vancouver,
W, T., L. X. Thayer aud wife OF Gree
lev, Col, l.. +. Bnrgess and Scion Bar
eess OF Cleveland. J. Foerbach OF Port
Tovnsend. J. Binswangsr, W. Branch
and wife, Louis Kahn and wife, II. w.
Thislseu ADD J. q. Davidson OF Port
lard. John Wilson and L. ]. Frazier
OF Victoria, Ii. Med maid OF Detroit,
W. J. Scott af TsXss, Frank ]. Parker
~ WAlla Walla. David Wilson and Q.
H Clarke And wife OF San Francisco, J.
n. Gower and II c. Estep Of olympia,
4 II Sweet Of Fopeks, DR.. n. NJ Wal
her, Q. s. A., and II. q. StruSe OF Seattle.
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